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This is an overview of often used Abbreviations and Acronyms @ Midibox.org and esp. useful if you want to program in C or work with the function overview listings of MIOS:


^ Acronym ^ Meaning ^ Description ^
| [[ain_module|AIN]] | Analog Input | Input of a Voltage Range (norm. 0 to 5 V) |
| [[aout_module|AOUT]] | Analog Output | Output of a Voltage Range (norm. 0 to 5 or 12 V) - also known as CV (Control Voltage) Outputs | 
| [[BCD]] | Binary Coded Digital | The three chars '1','2','7' represent the BCD of the integer 127 | 
| [[Bankstick|BS]]  | Bankstick | Non-volatile memory module based on the 24LC256 / 24LC512 EEPROM |
| [[character lcds|CLCD]] | Character Liquid Crystal Display | Displays Characters (see also GLCD) |
| [[din_module|DIN]] | Digital Input | Binary state input (ON/OFF), normally used for buttons |
| [[dout_module|DOUT]] | Digital Output | Binary state output (ON/OFF), normally used for LEDs | 
| [[EEPROM]] | Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory  |  |
| [[Encoders|ENC]] | Encoder | Similar in operation to a Pot (potentiometer), Relative Digital Pot, in-/decrementing single steps |
| [[graphical lcds|GLCD]] | Graphical Liquid Crystal Display | Pixel based Display (see also CLCD) |
| [[HLP]] | Help |  |
| [[IIC]]/[[I2C]] | Inter-IC  | Language Protocol often used for inter-microcontroller-communication |
| [[LCD]] | Liquid Crystal Display |  |
| [[MBHP]] | MidiBox Hardware Platform | If a midibox were a PC, this would be the hardware | 
| [[MIOS]] | MIdibox Operating System | If a midibox were a PC, this would be the operating system |
| [[MF]] | MotorFader |  | 
| [[MPROC]] |  | [[Midi]] Processing Routine |
| [[PWM]] | Pulse Width Modulation  | 1) a function provided by MIDIbox SID to produce fat pulse sounds --- or --- 2) allows to control a voltage level by pulsing a binary digital signal (ON/OFF) through a low-pass filter (e.g. a resistor/capacitor pair --- or a motorfader) |
| [[SR]] | ShiftRegister |  |
| [[SRIO]] | Shift Register In/Out | MIOS scans the DIN and DOUT shift registers in parallel, this combination is mostly shortened with SRIO |


